Lucknow: The 49th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Chepauk. Punjab has won this match by 7 wickets and this is their fourth win this season. In this match, Punjab captain Sam Curran won the toss and decided to bowl first and after this, PBKS spinners bowled amazingly on the turning pitch and Chennai could score only 162 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Was.
Chasing the target of 163 runs, Punjab achieved it in 17.5 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. With this, Punjab has also jumped in the points table and has reached seventh position. Chennai's batting proved to be a flop in this match and apart from captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, no other player could score more runs, due to which the Yellow Army failed to score a good score. On the other hand, Punjab has defeated Chennai five times out of the last 5 matches.
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Star spinner Harpreet Brar bowled brilliantly for Punjab in this match and took 2 wickets while giving 17 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Rahul Chahar also bowled brilliantly and showed the way to the pavilion to 2 batsmen while spending 16 runs in 4 overs of bowling. Apart from them, fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh also took one wicket each. Rituraj Gaikwad was the best scorer for CSK in this match, who scored 62 runs in 48 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes.
Chasing the target of 163 runs, the start was not good for Punjab as their first wicket fell in the form of Prabhasimran at 19 runs. However, after this there was a good partnership between veteran batsman Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rousseau and together they made a partnership of 64 runs in 37 balls. In this match, Bairstow scored 46 runs in 30 balls, while Rousseau scored 43 runs in 23 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. So for CSK, Richard Gleeson, Shardul Thakur and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each.
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